Path of Destruction by John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein

Mark Schleifstein will be signing Path of Destruction and participating in a local author forum presented by the Press Club of New Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in the Napolean Ballroom on 500 Canal St, New Orleans, LA. The book sale and free signing will include 11 local authors of Katrina related books including Path of Destruction co-author Mark Schleifstein from 2:00 to 4:00 pm cst. Afterwards there will be forums with the authors from 4:00 to 6:30 pm cst. The $10 Admission to forums benefits Press Club scholarship fund.

Learn more about the event at the Press Club of New Orleans website.

John McQuaid, a Washington journalist who was with the New Orleans Times-Picayune for many years, will sign copies of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms” at 6 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 19 at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 5015 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The book takes an in-depth look at the context of Hurricane Katrina’s destruction. He and co-author Mark Schleifstein examine New Orleans’s long history of disasters, the civil and scientific efforts to avert Katrina, and the future of big storms ahead.
More information at Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeeshop

John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein, authors of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” will discuss their new book about Hurricane Katrina and sign copies at Louis J. Roussel Hall, at the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Calhoun Street on the campus of Loyola University, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 22. The event is sponsored by Loyola University New Orleans and the Garden District Bookshop.
More information at Loyola and the Garden District Bookshop

Mark Schleifstein, co-author of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” with John McQuaid, will discuss his new book and sign copies at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30, at Octavia Books, 513 Octavia Street (corner of Laurel).
More information at Octavia Books

Mark Schleifstein, co-author of “Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms,” with John McQuaid, will discuss his new book and sign copies at the Uptown campus of the New Orleans Jewish Community Center, 5342 St. Charles Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, as part of the center’s weeklong Jewish book fair.
More information at the New Orleans JCC